Sentences with phrase «centers on education reform»

Her work centers on education reform in urban districts, school organization, and social network analysis.

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We also need to reform education to be more child centered as well as more explicit as to behavioral expectations on our children.

JACKSON HEIGHTS — It was standing - room only inside the Jackson Heights Jewish Center Monday for a community town hall meeting that included discussions on education, bail reform and Sanctuary Cities.

New York Sen. John Flanagan, center, with Sens. John DeFrancisco and David Valesky, attend a state Senate Education Committee hearing about education reforms at city hall in Syracuse, N.Y., on OctoberEducation Committee hearing about education reforms at city hall in Syracuse, N.Y., on Octobereducation reforms at city hall in Syracuse, N.Y., on October 1, 2013.

Across the aisle, Assemblyman Billy Jones (D - Chateaugay), who took office earlier this month, said he liked the middle class tax cut and increased education aid, and also hailed the governor's proposals to build on fighting the opiate epidemic, including the creation of drug recovery «high schools» and crisis treatment centers alongside deeper insurance reforms.

Andrew Kelly is the director of the Center on Higher Education Reform and a resident scholar in education policy studies at American Enterprise IEducation Reform and a resident scholar in education policy studies at American Enterprise Ieducation policy studies at American Enterprise Institute.

Five years of studies on charter schools prove they are meeting the needs of traditionally underserved children and forcing regular public schools to change for the better, the Center for Education Reform concludes in a report released last week.

In this edition of the EdCast, Kelly, resident scholar and director of the Center on Higher Education Reform at the American Enterprise Institute, shares insights into the future of higher education and explains how true reform can taEducation Reform at the American Enterprise Institute, shares insights into the future of higher education and explains how true reform can take Reform at the American Enterprise Institute, shares insights into the future of higher education and explains how true reform can taeducation and explains how true reform can take reform can take place.

«What made this convening so impressive is that while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools,» said Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, cofounder and chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded education.

NACSA's rating system places a higher weight on regulatory features of charter school laws than either the Center for Education Reform or the National Alliance rankings.

«Dean Murphy has been at the center of the national debate on school reform, and he has encouraged active engagement by faculty and students with critical issues in the field of education.

This is exactly what Mehta is trying to do for education reform through his various research projects, including The Chastened Dream, a book - in - progress that has him on leave for the next year to be a fellow at Harvard's Charles Warren Center...

On the school choice front, Nevada has a limited open - enrollment policy, and a charter school law that is deemed weak by the Center for Education Reform, a rating that lowers the state's grade.

20 National Center on Increasing the Effectiveness of State and Local Education Reform Efforts - University of Pennsylvania

Despite all of the emphasis on education reform during the past decade, the retirement of an aging teacher corps has been substantially overlooked — a failure that could inhibit school improvement, a study by the Educational Resources Information Center clearinghouse on management suggests.

A district - level reform model created by the Center for Data - Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) provided consultation with district leaders on strategic use of data and selection of proven proreform model created by the Center for Data - Driven Reform in Education (CDDRE) provided consultation with district leaders on strategic use of data and selection of proven proReform in Education (CDDRE) provided consultation with district leaders on strategic use of data and selection of proven programs.

In a new forum for Education Next, Lindsey Burke, director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, and Shavar Jeffries, president of Democrats for Education Reform, debate how Trump's policies his first year as president stack up, and whether the impact of his administration on the nation's schools and colleges has been for better or for worse.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Jennings, founder and former CEO of the Center on Education Policy, reflects on the history of the federal government's involvement with education reform, and discusses its most notable changes tEducation Policy, reflects on the history of the federal government's involvement with education reform, and discusses its most notable changes teducation reform, and discusses its most notable changes to policy.

The National Center on Education and the Economy, which developed the plan, compares the wave of innovation that could result from such an initiative to the sweeping experimentation in welfare reform that states engaged in prior to...

Competency - based education needs to earn external validation if it is to endure, pronounced a landmark paper from the Center on Higher Education Reform at the conservative - leaning American Enterprise Ieducation needs to earn external validation if it is to endure, pronounced a landmark paper from the Center on Higher Education Reform at the conservative - leaning American Enterprise IEducation Reform at the conservative - leaning American Enterprise Institute.

This is exactly what Mehta is trying to do for education reform through his various research projects, including The Chastened Dream, a book - in - progress that has him on leave for the next year to be a fellow at Harvard's Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History.

According to Center on Education Policy case studies in California and Michigan, officials are using an NCLB loophole, opting for superficial interventions — such as hiring improvement «coaches» or changing the curriculum — over implementing the bold reforms envisioned by the law's crafters.

The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center for Public Policy and Educational Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards for teachers and school leaders.

At issue is $ 102,000 earned by Mrs. Clinton in 1991 as a consultant for the National Center on Education and the Economy, a not - for - profit education - reform and policymaking group based in RochesEducation and the Economy, a not - for - profit education - reform and policymaking group based in Rocheseducation - reform and policymaking group based in Rochester, N.Y.

Tucker then founded the National Center on Education and the Economy and, in that role, created the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, the New Standards Consortium, America's Choice (a comprehensive school reform program), the National Institute for School Leadership and Excellence for All (a high school reform program).

The former president of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy and former executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform can trace his personal memories of the debate back to the mid-1980s.

Checked (all titles published by the Center on Education Policy): From the Capital to the Classroom, Year 1 (January 2003) Year 2 (January 2004) Year 3 (March 2005) State High School Exit Exams series: A Baseline Report (August 2002) Put to the Test (August 2003) A Maturing Reform (August 2004) States Try Harder, but Gaps -LSB-...]

After almost a quarter century of leading the fight for expanded educational opportunities for all students, the Center for Education Reform will refocus is efforts on coalescing all involved around the principles in this Manifesto.

As director of the Center for Education Policy, Lindsey Burke oversees the Heritage Foundation's research and policy on issues pertaining to preschool, K - 12, and higher educatioEducation Policy, Lindsey Burke oversees the Heritage Foundation's research and policy on issues pertaining to preschool, K - 12, and higher educationeducation reform.

Advocacy Institute American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Civil Liberties Union American Federation of Teachers Autism National Committee (AutCom) Center for American Progress Action Fund Center for Law and Education Children's Defense Fund Collaboration to Promote Self - Determination (CPSD) Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPPA) Democrats for Education Reform Easter Seals The Education Trust Educators for Excellence Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) The Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Mental Health America NAACP NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc..

«Pence's record in defending and advancing educational opportunity and access is strong, and his record on improving Indy's schools is strong,» Michelle Tigani, the communications director at the Center of Education Reform, told Business Insider.

Also noteworthy is the near - simultaneous emergence on the center - left of two separate education - reform alliances: the Education Equality Project, which argues that the schools we have can produce stronger results, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, which contends that bigger societal changes must precede any major gains in school effeceducation - reform alliances: the Education Equality Project, which argues that the schools we have can produce stronger results, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, which contends that bigger societal changes must precede any major gains in school effecEducation Equality Project, which argues that the schools we have can produce stronger results, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, which contends that bigger societal changes must precede any major gains in school effecEducation, which contends that bigger societal changes must precede any major gains in school effectiveness.

Andrew Kelly, director of the Center on Higher Education Reform at the American Enterprise Institute, argues that the Obama plan will not address low rates of college readiness and student success but will strain public budgets and crowd out innovation.

The Department of Education's 15 new technical - assistance centers are supposed to be one - stop regional shopping centers for guidance on school reform.

Writing in Education Week, school reform champion Robert Pondiscio recently offered a thoughtful and thought - provoking critique of the open letter on educational choice and accountability issued by scholars at the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the Heartland Institute, and the Center for Education Rreform champion Robert Pondiscio recently offered a thoughtful and thought - provoking critique of the open letter on educational choice and accountability issued by scholars at the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the Heartland Institute, and the Center for Education ReformReform.

Council of State Governments Justice Center released a school discipline publication that documents how five states — CA, CT, IL, NC, and TN — reduced their reliance on suspensions and encourages policymakers and education leaders everywhere to take the critical steps needed to move toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures efforts to limit disciplinary removals also foster supportive learning environments that keep all students engaged in school and improve student outcomes.

Drexel University Center for Graduate Studies and School of Education is hosting a panel discussion on public school reform as part of their «On the Leading Edge» serieon public school reform as part of their «On the Leading Edge» serieOn the Leading Edge» series.

From a front - row seat watching these reforms over decades — first, as an expert in Congress, and then as founder of the Center on Education Policy, I believe that we have missed the target on school reform.

Previously she was Co-Director of SRI International's Center for Education Policy where she led research studies on the preparation and induction of new teachers, teacher professional development and teacher leadership, and systems reform efforts.

In 2013, Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform included Williams on a list of «venerable Davids against the Goliaths of educatioEducation Reform included Williams on a list of «venerable Davids against the Goliaths of educationeducation.»

The fact that school reformers and others such Charlie Barone of Democrats For Education Reform, Andy Rotherham, and the Center on Education Progress proved that Duncan's estimates were nothing but smoke didn't dissuade the administration from granting waivers to 33 states and the District of Columbia so far this year.

For the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker, and the legislators who championed these student - centered education reforms, they have a remarkable record to run on.

The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings released two papers examining pension reform efforts across the nation.

«The big question is, will the reform community take stock of what went badly,» said Lake, of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, «or will they march on to the next silver bullet?»

In June 2013, for example, she presented a keynote on «Heart Centered Education and Leadership» to the International Symposium on Educational Reform (ISER) at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland (a high achieving nation in edEducation and Leadership» to the International Symposium on Educational Reform (ISER) at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland (a high achieving nation in educationeducation).

Closer to home, the Center for Collaborative Education, in partnership with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, released the 46th issue of Voices in Urban Education (VUE) focusing on performance assessment.

Prior to joining the Patrick Administration, Mr. Reville had chaired the Massachusetts State Board of Education, founded the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, co-founded the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE), chaired the Massachusetts Reform Review Commission, chaired the Massachusetts Commission on Time and Learning, and served as executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform, a national think tank which convened the U.S.'s leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national standards agenda.

WHEREAS, the so - called «reform» initiatives of Students First, rely on destructive anti-educator policies that do nothing for students but blame educators and their unions for the ills of society, make testing the goal of education, shatter communities by closing their public schools, and see public schools as potential profit centers and children as measureable commodities; and

A state department of education (SDE) that is served by the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) requested information on support for high school students, with a focus on whole - school reform, primarily behavioral and school climate initiatives.

Center for Education Reform Senior Fellow and President Emeritus Jeanne Allen on a controversial new study of online charter schools.